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Smart Tips for Your Tax Refund
Like any sudden in-flow of cash, your tax refund presents an opportunity to spend your money wisely or foolishly.
The charter school of thought
The debate over the federal deficit is going to involve a lot of rhetoric before the 2012 election is over, but numbers will be coming up, too. And so will charts based on the data.
GUEST COMMENTARY: No consensus among public on federal deficit
The federal budget deficit is enormous, and the national debt is growing. So the pollsters are asking the public what should be done. The latest poll I've seen was done for NBC and the Wall Street Journal at the end of February. I found it on the Web by searching "NBC deficit poll."
ANDREA NEAL: Are voters ready for Daniels' solutions?
When U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar declared his candidacy for president on April 19, 1995, he offered an ambitious domestic policy goal: balancing the federal budget in seven years. Central to his vision was a plan to replace the national income tax with a retail sales tax and to drastically cut gove…
Cal City raises levy to benefit police, fire pensions
CALUMET CITY | The City Council approved a tax levy Monday to raise 4.9 percent more from local property owners to help fund pension programs for retired police officers and firefighters.
Shop online? You may owe state some money
SPRINGFIELD | If you shop online, you could be breaking Illinois law.
Orr calls for moratorium on TIFs
CHICAGO | Cook County Clerk David Orr on Tuesday called for a moratorium of new Chicago tax increment financing districts until new leadership is installed and a thorough review of existing TIFs can be conducted.
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